State guides / Georgia

Georgia Voting Rules for Boards and Members

What Georgia's statutes say about board votes, emergencies, meetings, and member ballots, as Qwibie summarizes them, with the citation for each.

Can the Board Vote without a Meeting?

Nonprofit corporations · Homeowners associations · Condominium associations

Georgia boards may act by written or electronic consent of every director; the articles or bylaws can allow fewer, but never less than a majority of the board.

Qwibie counts the vote as: Every director consents in writing.

  • File consent with minutes
  • Consent revocable until last delivered
Citation
O.C.G.A. §14-3-821; Georgia's property owners' act has no open-board-meeting section (condo act to verify) · Read the source
Review
ReviewedSummary recorded as reviewed against the statute text, 2026-10-13

What about an Emergency between Meetings?

Nonprofit corporations · Homeowners associations · Condominium associations

Georgia boards may act by written or electronic consent of every director; the articles or bylaws can allow fewer, but never less than a majority of the board.

Qwibie counts the vote as: Every director consents in writing.

  • File consent with minutes
  • Consent revocable until last delivered
Citation
O.C.G.A. §14-3-821; Georgia's property owners' act has no open-board-meeting section (condo act to verify) · Read the source
Review
ReviewedSummary recorded as reviewed against the statute text, 2026-10-13

Can Members Vote by Ballot without a Meeting?

Nonprofit corporations · Homeowners associations · Condominium associations

Georgia members may vote by written or electronic ballot without a meeting unless the articles or bylaws say otherwise, if the ballots cast meet the quorum and the approvals meet the meeting threshold.

Qwibie asks for the steps below before the vote counts.

  • Ballots cast meet quorum
  • Approvals meet meeting threshold
  • Solicitation states quorum threshold deadline
Citation
O.C.G.A. §14-3-707 (as linked; a 2023 act renumbered §§14-3-704 to 14-3-708, not re-read in official text) · Read the source
Review
ReviewedSummary recorded as reviewed against the statute text, 2026-10-13

How Do Members Elect Directors?

Nonprofit corporations · Homeowners associations · Condominium associations

Georgia members may vote by written or electronic ballot without a meeting unless the articles or bylaws say otherwise, if the ballots cast meet the quorum and the approvals meet the meeting threshold.

Qwibie asks for the steps below before the vote counts.

  • Ballots cast meet quorum
  • Approvals meet meeting threshold
  • Solicitation states quorum threshold deadline
Citation
O.C.G.A. §14-3-707 (as linked; a 2023 act renumbered §§14-3-704 to 14-3-708, not re-read in official text) · Read the source
Review
ReviewedSummary recorded as reviewed against the statute text, 2026-10-13

Not legal advice

These are Qwibie's own summaries, not the law, and they don't say what the law is today. Open the source to read the text, and ask your attorney how it applies to your organization. Your articles and bylaws may set a different rule where the statute allows it.

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